HMS Scourge (1844)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scourge.

History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Scourge
Ordered18 March 1841
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Portsmouth
Cost£55,002
Laid downFebruary 1844
Launched9 November 1844
Completed13 May 1846
Commissioned26 November 1845
FateBroken in 1865
General characteristics
Type
Tons burthen1123+62⁄94 bm
Length
  • 190 ft 0 in (57.9 m) gundeck
  • 166 ft 0.75 in (50.6 m) keel for tonnage
Beam
  • 36 ft 0 in (11.0 m) maximum
  • 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) for tonnage
Draught
  • 7 ft 9.75 in (2.4 m) forward
  • 8 ft 4 in (2.5 m) aft
Depth of hold21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Installed power378 NHP
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder VSE direct acting steam engine
  • Paddles
Armament
  • 1 × 13-inch mortar
  • 2 × 68-pdr (95 cwt) MLSB guns on broadside trucks
  • armament change 1853
  • 2 × 42-pdr (84 cwt) MLSB guns on pivot mounts
  • 2 × 68-pdr (64 cwt) MLSB guns on broadside trucks
  • 2 × 42-pdr (22 cwt) carronades

HMS Scourge was a Bulldog-class sloop designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Originally she was ordered as a Driver-class sloop, however, under Admiralty Order of 26 December 1843 she was directed to be built to a new specification.[1] She was initially commissioned for service with the Channel Squadron before moving to the North America and West Indies Station. She then served in the Mediterranean then the west coast of Africa. Her final service was in the Mediterranean. She was broken in 1865.[2]

Scourge was the sixth named vessel since it was used for a 14-gun brig-sloop, launched by Allin of Dover on 26 October 1779, purchased on the stocks and foundered off the Dutch coast on 7 November 1795.[3]

  1. ^ Winfield
  2. ^ Winfield
  3. ^ Colledge, Scourge